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Louise Sauvage

Louise Sauvage
OAM
Personal information
Full nameAlix Louise Sauvage
NationalityAustralian
Born (1973-09-18) 18 September 1973 (age 51)
Perth, Western Australia
Medal record
Women's wheelchair racing
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1992 Barcelona 100 m TW4
Gold medal – first place 1992 Barcelona 200 m TW4
Gold medal – first place 1992 Barcelona 400 m TW4
Gold medal – first place 1996 Atlanta 400 m T53
Gold medal – first place 1996 Atlanta 800 m T53
Gold medal – first place 1996 Atlanta 1500 m T52-53
Gold medal – first place 1996 Atlanta 5000 m T52-53
Gold medal – first place 2000 Sydney 5000 m T54
Gold medal – first place 2000 Sydney 1500 m T54
Silver medal – second place 1992 Barcelona 800 m TW4
Silver medal – second place 2000 Sydney 800 m T54
Silver medal – second place 2004 Athens 400 m T54
Silver medal – second place 2004 Athens 800 m T54
World Para Athletics Championships
Gold medal – first place 1994 Berlin 800 m T53
Gold medal – first place 1994 Berlin 1500 m T53
Gold medal – first place 1994 Berlin 5000 m T53
Gold medal – first place 1994 Berlin Marathon T53
Gold medal – first place 1998 Birmingham 800 m T55
Gold medal – first place 1998 Birmingham 1500 m T55
Gold medal – first place 1998 Birmingham 5000 m T55
Gold medal – first place 1998 Birmingham Marathon T55
Gold medal – first place 1998 Birmingham 4 x 100 m (T54-55)
Gold medal – first place 1998 Birmingham 4 x 400 m (T54-55)
Gold medal – first place 2002 Lille 800 m T54
Silver medal – second place 2002 Lille 1500 m T54
Silver medal – second place 2002 Lille 5000 m T54
World Championships and Games for the Disabled
Gold medal – first place 1990 Assen 100 m
Olympic Games (demonstration sport)
1st 1996 Atlanta 800 m
1st 2000 Sydney 800 m
3rd 2004 Athens 800 m
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place 2002 Manchester 800 m
IAAF World Athletics Championships
Gold medal – first place 1993 Women's wheelchair
Gold medal – first place 1995 Women's wheelchair
Gold medal – first place 1997 800 m
Gold medal – first place 2001 Women's wheelchair
Boston Marathon
Gold medal – first place 1997 Women's wheelchair
Gold medal – first place 1998 Women's wheelchair
Gold medal – first place 1999 Women's wheelchair
Gold medal – first place 2001 Women's wheelchair
Los Angeles Marathon
Gold medal – first place 1997 Women's wheelchair
Silver medal – second place 1995 Women's wheelchair
Beppu-Ōita Marathon
Gold medal – first place 1996 Women's wheelchair
Berlin Marathon
Gold medal – first place 1997 Women's wheelchair

Alix Louise Sauvage, OAM (born 18 September 1973)[1] is an Australian paralympic wheelchair racer and leading coach.[2]

Sauvage is often regarded as the most renowned disabled sportswoman in Australia.[3][4] She won nine gold and four silver medals at four Paralympic Games and eleven gold and two silver medals at three IPC Athletics World Championships. She has won four Boston Marathons, and held world records in the 1500 m, 5000 m and 4x100 m and 4x400 m relays. She was Australian Female Athlete of the Year in 1999, and International Female Wheelchair Athlete of the Year in 1999 and 2000. In 2002, her autobiography Louise Sauvage: My Story was published.

  1. ^ "Louise Sauvage OAM". New South Wales Institute of Sport. Archived from the original on 12 September 2011. Retrieved 17 July 2011.
  2. ^ DePauw, Karen P.; Gavron, Susan J. (2005). Disability Sport (Second ed.). Lower Mitcham, Australia: Human Kinetics. p. 93. ISBN 0-7360-4638-0.
  3. ^ International Olympic Committee; Australia. Office of the Status of Women; Australian Sports Commission; Amateur Athletic Foundation of Los Angeles; Interactive Arts (1998). Australian women in the Olympic Games: an Olympic journey: the story of women in the Olympic Games. Belconnen, Australian Capital Territory: Australian Sports Commission. p. 4B. OCLC 223055343.
  4. ^ Sydney Paralympic Organising Committee (20 October 2000). "Louise Sauvage". Paralympic Village Newspaper (10). Sydney, New South Wales: Sydney Paralympic Organising Committee: 5. OCLC 223078790.
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